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  • Title: Goiter in rural area of Aligarh district.
    Author: Singh PN, Ahmad J.
    Journal: Indian J Physiol Pharmacol; 2002 Jan; 46(1):102-6. PubMed ID: 12024947.
    Abstract:
    The survey of iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) and an inquiry about intake of goitrogenic items in two villages of the Aligarh District with a population of 1819 was done. Out of 1152 subjects examined, 348 had goiters but no other abnormality related to the IDD could be found in these subjects. The goiter positivity was 30.2% with visible goiter (grade II & III) rate 8.5%. Six of the subjects had multi nodular goiter of grade III. Urinary iodine levels in 316 of the goitrous subjects were lower (4.939 +/- 1.593 micrograms/dL, M +/- SD, P < 0.001, Median 4.9 micrograms/dL) than 50 urban inhabitants (6.638 +/- 1.372 micrograms/dL). Through in most of the cases (83.9%) T3, T4 and TSH were within normal range, in 35% of the 69 from whom the blood samples were drawn, T3 levels > 150 ng/dL and in 41% of the cases TSH levels > 3.5 mU/L was seen. As in most of the goitrous subjects T3, T4, TSH levels were within normal limits, only iodine deficiency could not be the causative factor for the goiter in 30.2% (severe endemia) of the total population of these two villages. Consumption of millets by the villagers, known to contain goitrogens along with the iodine deficiency in the food and drinking water appears to be responsible for the higher goiter rate in these villagers.
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